Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: MNHCC@cunyvm.bitnet Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: st. jude Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 00:34:36 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center Lines: 19 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Elizabeth, The Bible teaches us to pray for one another. When we get to Heaven will we stop praying for people still on Earth? In several of his letters St. Paul asks the people to whom he is writing to pray for him. Was he wrong to do so, because he could have prayed to God himself for whatever he needed, or do you recognize the legitimacy of asking others to pray for us? If a Corinthian Christian could ask St. Paul to pray for him, why can't I ask St. Paul to pray for me? It is true that St. Paul is dead in this world's terms, but he lives in Christ, and Christ has conquered death. Some people ask how St. Paul would know of our prayers addressed to him asking him to pray to God for us. The basic answer is that God makes them known to Him. I can go into more scriptural and theological detail if requested. Marty Helgesen